private ShipsData LoadData(bool forceApi = false)
{
ShipsData results = null;
if (!forceApi)
{
results = DeserializeShips();
}
//set range for max data age
if (forceApi ||
results == null ||
results.DataCreatedAt == DateTime.MaxValue)
{
//put this somewhere safe sometime
string key = File.ReadAllText("api.secret");
ApiDAO api = new ApiDAO(key);
results = api.GetAllShips();
}
return results;
}